Ann Coulter disagrees that Chick-Fil-A
CEO Dan Cathy's opposition to gay marriage is an anti-gay stance.
The 50-year-old Coulter, a conservative
columnist and author, appeared Sunday on ABC's This Week,
where she was asked her thoughts on how Cathy's controversial
comments could impact the upcoming fall election.
“It tells me something about polls
generally because they keep taking Gallup polls showing, 'Oh, gay
marriage is so popular,'” Coulter said. “Well, every time people
have been allowed to vote on gay marriage, and that's in 35 states
now, it has lost. It has lost in Oregon, in Washington and in
California.”
Referring to Wednesday's long lines at
Chick-Fil-A eateries in support of Cathy, Coulter added: “I
actually liked what he said, because he made it clear that it wasn't
an anti-gay thing. He said, 'Look, all the founders of this company
are married to our first wives.' It is genuinely a pro-marriage
position to oppose gay marriage. And when you see those crowds like
that coming out, you know, I'm sorry I don't believe the polls on gay
marriage. Let us vote. Those polls I believe and it makes me
suspicious at the polls on the presidential election.”
Cathy also has said that gay marriage
is “inviting God's judgment on our nation” and his company gave
$2 million to anti-gay groups in 2010, more than any other year for
which public records are available, some of which, like the Family
Research Council (FRC), have been designated anti-gay hate groups by
the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).